#CB42D5#CB42D5

#CB42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.237 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42D5
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(296, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 71.16, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 86.29, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1938 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.237 325)
XYZ	xyz(38.5861, 21.3995, 65.0360)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42D5 #4CD542

analogous

#8142D5 #CB42D5 #D54296

triadic

#CB42D5 #D5CB42 #42D5CB

tetradic

#CB42D5 #D58142 #4CD542 #4296D5

square

#CB42D5 #D58142 #4CD542 #4296D5

split-complementary

#CB42D5 #96D542 #42D581

monochromatic

#791C80 #A928B2 #CB42D5 #D974E0 #E7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CB42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CB42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42D5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42D5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.237 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82e2',
    500: '#cb42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42d5;
$custom-light: #df82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.918,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.23662,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42D5

secondary

#9FD89A

accent

#E7414C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42D5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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